UFC champion and total badass Ronda Rousey on Friday kept a promise she made to accompany Marine Lance Cpl. Jarrod Haschert to the Marine Corps ball — despite the fancy gala coming less than a month after she suffered a brutal loss to Holly Holm.

Back in September, Haschert, a stranger to Rousey, sent her a message asking her to attend the ball with him and, much to his surprise, she agreed.

After Rousey was brutally defeated by Holly Holm – with a knock out that landed Rousey in the hospital – many questioned whether the fighter would show. But she did! And took photos with a bunch of starstruck marines.